Attachment for scale-beams.



, s. M. BOLING. ATTACHMENT FOR CALE BEAMS.

APPLIUATION FILED PEB.28. 1908.

Patented June 15, 1909.

onrrslo s reens SAMUEL M. BOhlNG, OF CHANDLER, OKLAHOMA.

ATTACHLIENT F613 SCALE-BEAMS.

Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented June 15,1909.

Application filed February .28, 1908. Serial No. 418,326.

To all whom it mog concern:

Be it known that L- SAMUEL M. House, a eitizen of the United States, residing at ili'fiiiii, in the county of Lincoln and t te f @klohome, have inventerl' a new and following s s. specification. invention has relerenee to 1l11pIOV- ant-s 111 an attachment for some beams, and

" techment will indie ate the Weight of the materini removed. or it desired. V re invention comprises essentially a bar erovided with means fo suspending it from at scale beam ofor-zlinnry CODnl IIlCtlOD, and carried by the her there is a support for removable index nhich may contain imli stions for Weights or prices or both lor on number of dii'lerent kinds ol' materials. Upon the bar there is provided two pea Weights, each pri'wideii with an [HliklstzihlG indicator or pointer capable of being brought into operative relation to any ol the indies.- tions on the index.

"With such nv structure, with the supplemental pemweiglrts at :1 prede'terinineil zero position, the gross \wight of IL losileci vehicle, 2L wagon loaded with grain, is readily then by the weight provided with the ordinsi scale beam. T e load may then be Kt-e or any other hidiand the emptied vehicle is then again placed won the scale plcef rim with the ordinary lo Weights the some as for the gross weight. how, one of the supplemental peas is nioved from the zero position in e direction in opposition to the movement of the on used noon the main scale boom when the gross Weight was ascertained, until the scale is balanced, and then if this balancing should not occur et a marked index point then the said supplemental pee is moved backward toward the direction from which it was first moved until the indicator shall coincide to the next higher division. The index is so marked that the pointer 01' the larger sup- .ul Att chment for Scale-Beans, of which I 5 designed more particularly for use in coniroii point of delivery pleinental pea will indicate the amour) was removed ironi the vehicle by the denominations. To certain ox erwe' l 1 in. L1 oredeieriuieo units then the eyed in like manner to Whole range of the ti within the lin'iits of one the denorninzitions of the larger no. it is pose 'le h the leviee C(HlShiiF t suhjectorr "er oi the present in 7 er? 3 the number of hushgirothmtwi sooor A. I FUI'LllPliElUIQ,

Y the measure or the Wei ht a but indications as to price tions of u n it'nmy he placed .7 card. so tl it the device vkili no, indications as to the weight the price or value of the loo 7 with the quant ty or wo t The invention will be best l. consideration of the l'olimvii oocl hv (ion taken in connection '5. H the accompai ying drawings forming part of this specification, in which drov.ii1gs i i 'uro 1 is o perspective View of the scale beam attachment and so much 01 a scale beam as is ocessztry for on. understanding the invention. parts in elevation and broken away, of the attachment separated from the scale beam.

Referring to the drawings, there is sh "mi a scale beam 1 which be when as in.- (licotive of any type of scale been: to the invention. .T 's seie. is provided with the ordinary seding 5 82 poise 2, sn With such ports es ere usu al y present in scale beams hut which need not he spceifiesiiy shown in the The attachment comprises a. bar 3, WiL may be a fist bar, as shown, or may he other suitable shape, and this her meg be longss necessary for the purposesof the in-- vention, being shown in the draw eggs as nearly the some length as seekebeam. The bar is supported near each in U clips. 4 formed on one end of a bracket 5, the other end of which hraeizet is formed into another U-olip e properly shaped to stroddle the scale been 1 so that the her 3 is offset horn and peedentiy su epoxted. below the scale beam 1.-

. This card maybe laid oil into spaces by rows 16 showing the prices of different The clips 4 and 6 are provided with suitable thumb-screws 7, 8, so that the brackets 5 may be secured both to the scale beam and to the bar-3, making the whole structure rigid.

Fast to the underside of the bar 3 and projecting laterally therefrom in a direction away from the scale beam 1 is a pan 9 of general rectangular shape somewhat shorter than the distance between the brackets 5. This pan has up-turned ends 10 and an upturned edge 11 along its longer face. The corners of the pan are cut away at an angle, as shown at 12.

Adapted to be seated in the pan and supported thereby and held from movement by the up-turned ends 10 and the front edge 11, is an index card ormember 13 made of any suitable material such as aluminum or other thin metal or celluloid or cardboard or in fact any material suitable for the pur ose. nes extending laterally across the same, as indi cated at 14, in a direction at right angles to the length of the bar 3, and longitudinal lines may or may not be provided as desired. This index may beprovided with a ongitudinal series of figures indicated at 5 which may, if desired, represent bushels or other units of weight, and the numbers may be arranged in progressive series from 1 upward, or from any other initial number. Other longitudinal rows of suitable members may be employed, as for instance there may be ma terials in accordance with the quantity indicated by the row 15 of figures, or any other arrangement of quantities and prices may be employed, and the scale attachment may be arranged for great scope as to the indications of quantities and prices by providing the in dex card 13 with suitable indications on both sides and also by roviding additional index cards as may be desired. In order to facilitate the placing and removal of the index cards the ends of these cards may project beyond the cutaway ortion 12, whereby a convenient finger hold lating the cards.

Mounted upon the bar 3 is a pea-weight or sliding poise 17, and this weight, which may be suitably shaped for the purpose, has a laterally-disposed through passage 18 in which is mounted the stem 19 of an, index finger 20 bent at right angles to the stem and terminating in a suitably sharp point just above theindex card 13. A thumb screw 21 arranged to enter the perforation 1S and carried by the weight 17 serves to clamp the in dex finger 20 in any position. The stem 19 is of suliieient length to permit the adjustment of the index finger 20 into operative re lation to any one of the longitudinal series 15 ,or 16 of figures upon the index cards. a

At the end of the index card remote from is provided for manipu-' the component units of the larger units indicated by the rows of figures 15 and 16, and these indicating units 20 are in correspond ing relation to the rows showing the larger units. the index section 22 is a small pea-weight 23 provided with a pointer 24 having its end in operative relation to the index enumerations 22 and extending laterally from a sliding stem 25 passing through the weight 23 and held in adjusted positions by a thumb screw 26 also carried by the weight 23.

For the purposes of illustration let it be supposed that it is desired to deliver a wagon load of wheat in bulk and to ascertain either the quantity or price, orboth, of the wheat delivered. Forthis purpose the loaded wagon is drawn upon the scale platform and the gross weight ascertained by means of the pea 2, the two supplemental peas 17 and 23 being in thezero position, that is, in the limit of 0 their movement toward the free end of the scale beam 1. attachment has been placed upon the scale beam 1 the latter has been suitably balanced with the supplemental peas in the zero position so that the pea 2 will indicate correct weights. Note is taken of the gross weight thus shown by the scales and the wagon is driven to the desired point where the grain is to be delivered. On the return of the placed upon the scale platform and the pea 2, if it has been disturbed from the position showing the gross weight, is again placed in the proper position in accordance with the note taken. Now the supplemental poise 17 representing the larger units of weight or measure or price is moved along the bar 3 away from the free end of the scale beam 1 and toward the piv- Wagon it is again otal support of said scale beam, until finally If the the weight of the wagon is balanced. pointer 20 in this position is upon one of the unit indications, say one of the lines 14, then the number corresponding to this unit indication will represent the number of units contained in the wagon, if the pointer has traversed the longitudinal unit column, whether this column represents bushels or arrels orother ef the larger units of measure or weight. Let it be supposed, however, that when the scale beam is balanced. the pointer 20 is at a point bvtweemtwo unitindicating lines 14, then the larger pea 17 is moved again toward the free end of the scale beam until opposite the adjacent unit line 14. Now, the small pea 23 is moved from its zero position until the scale beam is balanced, when the pointer 24 will indicate the number of component units of a single larger unit which the load contains in excess of the Mounted upon the bar 3 adjacent to It is assumed that when the number of larger units.

Thus, there is provided a means whereby the mmber of units and sub-units of measure or Weight of the load will be indicated directly upon the at tachment- Without the necessity of taking any note of the tare weight of the vehicle or container. If it. be desired to ascertain the price or value of the load, then the index pointer 12 may be moved to the price column of numbers so as to move across the same in like manner to the Weight or'measure column. If the price column. under the control of the pea 17 represents dollars, then the corresponding column under the pea 23 may represent cents as the sub-unit of dollars, or any other valuations may be taken. Again, it one longitudinal column is taken to representunits of Weight or measure, say for instance bushels, then the first numerals of the price columns may represent various prices per bushel so that even though placing the index pointer on the price numbers then it is not a diliicuit matter to trace out the total price at a definite price per unit for the number of units contained in the load, and the sub-units and prices may be ascertained and added to thegrosser units and prices.

T he attachment is adapted to any ordiy scale beam without the necessity of any modifications whatsoever in such scale beam,

cation of net Weights to the net prices sent the necessity of ascertaining tare weights.

By oil'setting the bar 3 from the scale beam l and by arranging the pan or support 9 hori zontally, there is an economy of space and no special fastening devices are needed for the index cards 13 and also these index cards are sup orted in a position in which they may be rear ily read by a person standing in front ofthe'scale beam in the position usual when the scale is being used.

W hat is claimed is 1. Ah attaclunent for scale beams comnrising a bar adapted to be attached to a scale beam and provided with an index reading to ward the pivot end of the beam and indicating contents of a container the gross weight of which container and contents is obtainable on the main scale beam, the reading of the index from the outer end toward the pivot of the scale beam being in pro-determined units for a portion of the length of the index and then in fractions of said predetermined units for the remainder of the length of the index, the poise carried by the bar having an active movement in operative relation to the index away from the outer end of the scale beam, and another poise carried by the bar and having an active movement in operative relation to the porti'n of the index designating fractions of a unit and toward of the scale beam, the first named oise having its zero position at the end of t bar rereadily adapts any type of scale to the the pivot endmote from the pivot of the scale beam and the second named poise having its zero posi 'tion at the beginning of that portion of the index designating fractions of the unit and the scale structure being in equilibrium when the two poises are at their zero positions.

2. An attachment for weighing scales cons prising a bar, means for supporting said bar from a scale beam in a position parallel thereto, an index member means carried by the bar for supporting the index member, a sliding weight on said bar having a zero position at the end of the bar adjacent to the free end of the scale beam and having an active movement toward the pivoted end of the scale beam, and an indicator or pointer on said sliding u eight adjustable in a direction at right angles to the movement of the Weight.

3. An attachment for weighing scales compr1smg a bar, means for supporting said bar corresponding section of the index member and each provided with an adjustable pointer movable into diilercnt operative positions with relation to the index member.

4. In a weighing scale, an attachment for the scale beam comprising a bar, means for supporting the same from the scale beam in parallelism thereto, an index member, a support on said bar for said index member, said support projecting norizontally from said bar when in position on' the scale beam, and weights on said beam movable negatively with relation to the weights on the scale beam, said negatively movable Wei hts being in active relation to the index mem er on the support.

5. An attachment for weighing scales comprising a bar, pendent supports for the same sha ed to engage the bar and scale beam and hoh the said bar oflset from the scale beam in parallelism thereto, a pan or support proecting horizontally from the bar when the attachment is in position, an index member adapted to be carried by said support a sliding \i'eight on said bar in operative relationto one portion oi the index member and pro vided with a pointer adjustable in a direction at right angles to the movable sliding Weight,

and another sliding Weight of different capac-.

ity than the first-named sliding Weight and supported on the bar, said second sliding Weight also being provided with an index finger adjustable at right angles to its movement and into operative relation to another portion of the index member.

6. An attachment for weighing scales comrising a bar, means forsupporting the same iiom the scale beam of the scales, weights movable longitudinally of said bar, an index member and a support for an index member I member adapted to said so port and having projecting horizontally from the bar when parts projecting beyond t e cute way por the latter is attached to the scale beam. tions thereof.

7. An attachment for weighing scales com- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 5 prisingawcight carrier, means for supporting I my own, I have hereto allixed my signature 1.3

the same from the scale beam of the'scales, a in the presence of two Witnesses.

support on 'said weight carrier projecting SAMUEL M. BOLTN G.

; horizontally therefrom when the Weight car- Witnesses:

her is in position on the scale beam, said sup- J AS. M. THAOKER, 10 port having cutaway portions, and an index E. W OADY. 

